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    You Start Dying Slowly (Question Answers)

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    The poem discusses how to truly live life to the fullest by following your passions, experiencing new things that make your heart beat fast and your eyes glisten, and overcoming any obstacles. It warns that slowly dying starts when you neglect opportunities and live ignorantly. The refrain "You start dying slowly" emphasizes this metaphorical decaying of the soul. The free-verse rhyme scheme uses metaphors to persuade readers to embrace life and chase their dreams.

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    The poem discusses how to truly live life to the fullest by following your passions, experiencing new things that make your heart beat fast and your eyes glisten, and overcoming any obstacles. It warns that slowly dying starts when you neglect opportunities and live ignorantly. The refrain "You start dying slowly" emphasizes this metaphorical decaying of the soul. The free-verse rhyme scheme uses metaphors to persuade readers to embrace life and chase their dreams.

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    The poem discusses how to truly live life to the fullest by following your passions, experiencing new things that make your heart beat fast and your eyes glisten, and overcoming any obstacles. It warns that slowly dying starts when you neglect opportunities and live ignorantly. The refrain "You start dying slowly" emphasizes this metaphorical decaying of the soul. The free-verse rhyme scheme uses metaphors to persuade readers to embrace life and chase their dreams.

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    You Start Dying Slowly (Question Answers)

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    You start dying slowly

    By: Martha Medeiros/ Pablo Neruda(Translation)

    Q.1 What is the central theme of the poem?

    Q.2 Identify the refrain in the poem and why is it important?

    Q.3 What is the significance of the rhyme scheme of the poem?

    Ans 1.

    The central idea of the poem is how you should lead your life. To truly live and experience life, you must
    follow your passions. You must travel, read, dress well or whatever your heart desires. Most
    importantly, you must not avoid feeling emotions and do things that allow your heart to beat fast or
    emotions that make your eyes glisten. You should be reckless and beat every single obstacle that comes
    your way.

    Ans 2

    The refrain in the poem is the phrase, “You start dying slowly”. The phrase emphasizes on the
    metaphorical decaying of a human soul that is indulged in ignorance and neglects all the amazing
    possibilities and opportunities around us.

    Ans 3.

    This poem uses the free-verse rhyme scheme and showcases how one should lead their life beautifully.
    There is use of metaphors and persuades the readers to live their life, experience new things and chase
    their dreams.

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